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b. 1924 - d. 2002

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            • Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Untitled charger, 1980
              Nov. 19, 2024

              Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Untitled charger, 1980

              Est: $7,000 - $9,000

              Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) Untitled charger, 1980 Stoneware and porcelain Signed and dated to underside: V O U L K O S 80

              John Moran Auctioneers
            • Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Untitled charger, 1979
              Nov. 19, 2024

              Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Untitled charger, 1979

              Est: $8,000 - $12,000

              Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) Untitled charger, 1979 Stoneware and porcelain Signed and dated to underside: V O U L K O S 79

              John Moran Auctioneers
            • Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Untitled vessel, (CR703.7-G), 1973
              Nov. 19, 2024

              Peter Voulkos (1924-2002), Untitled vessel, (CR703.7-G), 1973

              Est: $3,000 - $5,000

              Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) Untitled vessel, (CR703.7-G), 1973 Glazed stoneware and porcelain Signed and dated underside: V O U L K O S 7 3

              John Moran Auctioneers
            • Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002) Untitled stack, 1975
              Nov. 19, 2024

              Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002) Untitled stack, 1975

              Est: $15,000 - $25,000

              Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002) Untitled stack, 1975 glazed and incised stoneware 30 h × 10 dia in (77 × 26 cm) This lot is located in New York. Property from a Private Collector, Lake City, Minnesota

              Freeman’s | Hindman
            • Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002) Tea bowl
              Nov. 19, 2024

              Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002) Tea bowl

              Est: $2,000 - $4,000

              Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002) Tea bowl earthenware 4¾ h × 5¾ w × 6½ d in (12 × 15 × 17 cm) This lot is located in Chicago. Property from a Private Collector, Lake City, Minnesota

              Freeman’s | Hindman
            • Peter Voulkos Montana Studio Pottery Wall Charger
              Nov. 02, 2024

              Peter Voulkos Montana Studio Pottery Wall Charger

              Est: $6,000 - $8,000

              18 1/4" in diameter. Peter Voulkos (1924 - 2002) was active/lived in California. Peter Voulkos is known for Sculptor-ceramic, abstraction. Peter Voulkos 1924–2002. Few artists can revolutionize an ancient medium, but Peter Voulkos did just that when he brought ceramics into the realm of fine art starting in the late 1950s. Born in Bozeman, Montana in 1924, he studied painting and ceramics at Montana State University and later received his MFA from California College of the Arts in Oakland. While Voulkos began his career by creating utilitarian objects such as bowls and vases that won him wide renown, he began to contemplate abstraction and other fine art principles when he spent the summer of 1953 teaching at Black Mountain College, there he met Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Josef Albers. From there, he visited New York, meeting many of the Abstract Expressionists. Voulkos returned to California to teach at Los Angeles County Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design) from 1954 to 1959 and it was in this period that his works really began to evolve. As the decade came to a close, Voulkos moved away from creating functional items, instead morphing vase-like structures into sculpture. He slashed the clay in certain instances and aggressively applied paint to the forms like canvas. No longer content to create works that hid their process of creation, Voulkos made the very act of creation paramount to the understanding and appreciation of his work, much like the Abstract Expressionists that he had associated with. Voulkos’ artistic output piqued the interest of Peter Selz, the Curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1960, he invited Voulkos to exhibit six of his paintings alongside a number of his sculptures as part of the New Talent series, one man exhibitions that the museum had been offering since 1950 to artists who had not yet had solo exhibitions in New York. Voulkos used this opportunity to illustrate the connection between painting, the classic example of fine-art, and ceramics. After his show at MoMA, the artist spent the summers of 1960-1962, and 1964 in New York teaching and creating work at the famed Greenwich House Pottery and Columbia University. Peter Voulkos brought ceramics into the realm of fine art. He died in 2002, but his legacy is remembered in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

              Davis Brothers Auction
            • Peter Voulkos Montana Studio Pottery Wall Charger
              Nov. 02, 2024

              Peter Voulkos Montana Studio Pottery Wall Charger

              Est: $6,000 - $8,000

              19 1/2" in diameter. Peter Voulkos (1924 - 2002) was active/lived in California. Peter Voulkos is known for Sculptor-ceramic, abstraction. Peter Voulkos 1924–2002. Few artists can revolutionize an ancient medium, but Peter Voulkos did just that when he brought ceramics into the realm of fine art starting in the late 1950s. Born in Bozeman, Montana in 1924, he studied painting and ceramics at Montana State University and later received his MFA from California College of the Arts in Oakland. While Voulkos began his career by creating utilitarian objects such as bowls and vases that won him wide renown, he began to contemplate abstraction and other fine art principles when he spent the summer of 1953 teaching at Black Mountain College, there he met Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Josef Albers. From there, he visited New York, meeting many of the Abstract Expressionists. Voulkos returned to California to teach at Los Angeles County Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design) from 1954 to 1959 and it was in this period that his works really began to evolve. As the decade came to a close, Voulkos moved away from creating functional items, instead morphing vase-like structures into sculpture. He slashed the clay in certain instances and aggressively applied paint to the forms like canvas. No longer content to create works that hid their process of creation, Voulkos made the very act of creation paramount to the understanding and appreciation of his work, much like the Abstract Expressionists that he had associated with. Voulkos’ artistic output piqued the interest of Peter Selz, the Curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1960, he invited Voulkos to exhibit six of his paintings alongside a number of his sculptures as part of the New Talent series, one man exhibitions that the museum had been offering since 1950 to artists who had not yet had solo exhibitions in New York. Voulkos used this opportunity to illustrate the connection between painting, the classic example of fine-art, and ceramics. After his show at MoMA, the artist spent the summers of 1960-1962, and 1964 in New York teaching and creating work at the famed Greenwich House Pottery and Columbia University. Peter Voulkos brought ceramics into the realm of fine art. He died in 2002, but his legacy is remembered in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

              Davis Brothers Auction
            • PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Tea Bowl1990wood fired stoneware with perforations and ash glaze, signed and dated 'VOULKOS 90' on the underside4 x 6 3/4 x 8 3/4in (10.2 x 17.1 x 22.2cm)
              Oct. 23, 2024

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Tea Bowl1990wood fired stoneware with perforations and ash glaze, signed and dated 'VOULKOS 90' on the underside4 x 6 3/4 x 8 3/4in (10.2 x 17.1 x 22.2cm)

              Est: $2,000 - $3,000

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Tea Bowl 1990 wood fired stoneware with perforations and ash glaze, signed and dated 'VOULKOS 90' on the underside 4 x 6 3/4 x 8 3/4in (10.2 x 17.1 x 22.2cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

              Bonhams
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Ice Bucket)
              Oct. 17, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Ice Bucket)

              Est: $600 - $800

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Ice Bucket) 1997 monoprint 10.875 h x 10.75 w in (28 x 27 cm) Signed and dated to lower right 'Peter Voulkos 97'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Work
              Oct. 10, 2024

              Work

              Est: ¥100,000 - ¥150,000

              a set of two Indian inks on paper, each signed, titled, dated and dedicated (lower area), one framed

              Mallet Auction
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Early Plate)
              Oct. 02, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Early Plate)

              Est: $1,000 - $1,500

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Early Plate) c. 1956 glazed stoneware 2.875 h x 13.5 dia in (7 x 34 cm) Incised signature to underside 'Voulkos'. Provenance: Private Collection, Washington This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Early teapot
              Oct. 02, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Early teapot

              Est: $1,000 - $1,500

              Peter Voulkos Early teapot c. 1955 glazed stoneware 8.5 h x 7.25 w x 6.25 d in (22 x 18 x 16 cm) Incised signature to underside 'Voulkos'. Provenance: Private Collection, Washington Literature: Peter Voulkos Retrospective, Sezon Museum of Art (ed.), pg. 46 illustrates a similar example This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Tea Bowl
              Oct. 02, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Tea Bowl

              Est: $4,500 - $6,500

              Peter Voulkos Tea Bowl 1995 anagama-fired stoneware 4 h x 9.25 dia in (10 x 23 cm) The present work was fired in Peter Callas's anagama in Belvidere, New Jersey. Incised signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 95'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Richard Milgrim This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Important Plate)
              Oct. 02, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Important Plate)

              Est: $15,000 - $20,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Important Plate) 1996 anagama-fired Shigaraki clay 6.75 h x 23.5 w x 20 d in (17 x 60 x 51 cm) The present work was fired in The Shigaraki Ceramic Culture Park's anagama with the assistance of renowned ceramic artist, Richard Milgrim. Incised signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 96'. This work is registered under the Voulkos & Co. catalog number CR1226-W. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Richard Milgrim This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Pot Shop vase
              Oct. 02, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Pot Shop vase

              Est: $2,000 - $3,000

              Peter Voulkos Pot Shop vase c. 1962 glazed stoneware 11.5 h x 7.25 dia in (29 x 18 cm) Incised to underside 'Pot Shop'. Provenance: The Artist | Collection of Michael Frimkess | Private Collection This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled
              Oct. 02, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled

              Est: $30,000 - $50,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled 1960-64 hand-built, glazed, and gas-fired stoneware 27 h x 15 w x 9.75 d in (69 x 38 x 25 cm) Glazed signature to underside 'Voulkos'. This work is registered under the Voulkos & Co. catalog number CR609.1-G. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by Greenwich House Pottery, New York | Private Collection, Chicago | Wright, Important Design, 9 December 2008, Lot 206 | Private Collection Exhibited: The Greenwich House Pottery Permanent Collection, 5 - 28 October 1988, Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
              Oct. 02, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)

              Est: $4,000 - $6,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) 1973 glazed and gouged gas-fired stoneware 3.25 d x 18.75 dia in (8 x 48 cm) Glazed signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 73'. Provenance: Private Collection, California This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Ice bucket
              Sep. 26, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Ice bucket

              Est: $6,000 - $8,000

              Peter Voulkos Ice bucket 1986 patinated bronze 14.25 h x 20 w x 18 d in (36 x 51 x 46 cm) Molded signature, date, number and inscription to edge 'Voulkos 86 IB1 1/5' with Mussi Artworks foundry mark. This work is number 1 from the edition of 5 and is registered under the Voulkos & Co. catalog number CR453.IB1. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

              Los Angeles Modern Auctions
            • PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Charger1973stoneware, unsignedheight 4in (10cm); diameter 18in (46cm)
              Jul. 25, 2024

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Charger1973stoneware, unsignedheight 4in (10cm); diameter 18in (46cm)

              Est: $4,000 - $6,000

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Charger 1973 stoneware, unsigned height 4in (10cm); diameter 18in (46cm)

              Bonhams
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled
              Jun. 19, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled

              Est: $1,000 - $1,500

              Peter Voulkos Untitled 1999 etching and aquatint image: 11.75 h x 8.75 w in (30 x 22 cm) sheet: 20 h x 15 w in (51 x 38 cm) Signed, dated and numbered to lower margin '12/15 Voulkos 99' with printer's blindstamp. This work is number 12 from the edition of 15 printed by MA Nose Studios, Inc., Aspen, CO. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled
              Jun. 19, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled

              Est: $1,000 - $1,500

              Peter Voulkos Untitled 1997 etching and aquatint image: 11.75 h x 9 w in (30 x 23 cm) sheet: 19.75 h x 15 w in (50 x 38 cm) Signed, dated and numbered to lower margin 'A/P Voulkos 97' with printer's blindstamp. This work is an artist's proof apart from the edition printed by MA Nose Studios, Inc., Aspen, CO. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Check's in the Mail; Abstract VII: Give Us a Break; Untitled (three works)
              Jun. 19, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Check's in the Mail; Abstract VII: Give Us a Break; Untitled (three works)

              Est: $3,000 - $5,000

              Peter Voulkos Check's in the Mail; Abstract VII: Give Us a Break; Untitled (three works) 1979 lithograph in colors 34.375 h x 23.5 w in (87 x 60 cm) 34.5 h x 23.5 w in (88 x 60 cm) 31.375 h x 22.5 w in (80 x 57 cm) Signed and numbered to lower edge of each work 'A.P. Voulkos' and 'HC VI Voulkos'. These works are artist's proofs apart from the editions of 200 published by Master Editions, New York and hors commerce print number 4 apart from the edition of unknown size. This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
              Jun. 12, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)

              Est: $5,000 - $7,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) 1973 glazed and gouged gas-fired stoneware 3.25 d x 18.75 dia in (8 x 48 cm) Glazed signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 73'. Provenance: Private Collection, California This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Early covered vessel
              Jun. 12, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Early covered vessel

              Est: $2,000 - $3,000

              Peter Voulkos Early covered vessel c. 1952 glazed stoneware 14.75 h x 7.5 dia in (37 x 19 cm) Incised signature to underside 'Voulkos'. Provenance: Collection of Dr. Seymour and Carol Haber, Portland | Rago, Modern Ceramics and Glass, 16 October 2016, Lot 1378 | Private Collection, Philadelphia This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) 'YELLOW SKY', 1980 41 x 16 x 16 in. (104 x 40.6
              Jun. 07, 2024

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) 'YELLOW SKY', 1980 41 x 16 x 16 in. (104 x 40.6

              Est: $30,000 - $50,000

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) 'YELLOW SKY', 1980 41 x 16 x 16 in. (104 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm)

              Christie's
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
              Apr. 23, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)

              Est: $7,000 - $10,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) 1995 anagama-fired stoneware with pass-throughs and slashes 5.25 d x 22 dia in (13 x 56 cm) The present work was fired in Peter Callas's anagama in Belvidere, New Jersey. Signed and dated to verso 'Voulkos 95'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Dina and Jerry Wind This work will preview in New York City from April 2-12 and in Lambertville from April 18-22. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
              Apr. 23, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)

              Est: $7,000 - $10,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) 1995 anagama-fired stoneware with pass-throughs and slashes 5 d x 21.5 dia in (13 x 55 cm) The present work was fired in Peter Callas's anagama in Belvidere, New Jersey. Signed and dated to verso 'Voulkos 95'. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Dina and Jerry Wind This work will preview in New York City from April 2-12 and in Lambertville from April 18-22. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Montoya
              Apr. 23, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Montoya

              Est: $80,000 - $120,000

              Peter Voulkos Montoya 1995 anagama-fired stoneware 46 h x 28 dia in (117 x 71 cm) The present work was fired in Peter Callas's anagama in Belvidere, New Jersey. Incised signature and date near base 'Voulkos 95'. This work is registered under the Voulkos & Co. catalog number CR1200.0-W. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist, Collection of Dina and Jerry Wind This work will preview in New York City from April 2-12 and in Lambertville from April 18-22. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Mimbres
              Apr. 23, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Mimbres

              Est: $75,000 - $100,000

              Peter Voulkos Mimbres 2000 patinated bronze 68 h x 32 w x 30 d in (173 x 81 x 76 cm) Molded signature, date and number to body 'Voulkos 2K S-17 AP1' with Mussi Artworks foundry mark. This work is an artist's proof apart from the edition of 5 and is registered under the Voulkos & Co. catalog number CR485.S17-AP1-B. Provenance: Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen | Acquired from the previous in 1995, Collection of Dina and Jerry Wind This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Remington #2, 1961-62 (This work is listed under CR401.1-B in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.)
              Apr. 17, 2024

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Remington #2, 1961-62 (This work is listed under CR401.1-B in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.)

              Est: $10,000 - $15,000

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Remington #2, 1961-62 coated bronze 40 1/2 x 41 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. 102.9 x 104.8 x 59.7 cm. This work is listed under CR401.1-B in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.

              Bonhams
            • PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Walking Man, 1990 (This work is listed under CR1025.0-W in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.)
              Apr. 17, 2024

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Walking Man, 1990 (This work is listed under CR1025.0-W in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.)

              Est: $20,000 - $30,000

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Walking Man, 1990 incised with the artist's signature and dated 'VOULKOS 90' (lower edge) woodfired stoneware 28 x 20 x 20 1/2 in. 71.1 x 50.8 x 40.6 cm. This work is listed under CR1025.0-W in the Voulkos & Co. Catalogue Project Quest Database.

              Bonhams
            • PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Untitled (Plate), 1973
              Apr. 17, 2024

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Untitled (Plate), 1973

              Est: $4,000 - $6,000

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) Untitled (Plate), 1973 signed and dated 'Voulkos 73' (on the underside) glazed ceramic 18 x 18 in. 45.7 x 45.7 cm.

              Bonhams
            • Plaque, Peter Voulkos
              Mar. 23, 2024

              Plaque, Peter Voulkos

              Est: $300 - $400

              Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002), Commemorative Plaque for opening of Oakland Museum, metal and plastic, overall: 27"h x 20"w

              Clars Auctions
            • Sculpture, Peter Voulkos
              Mar. 21, 2024

              Sculpture, Peter Voulkos

              Est: $2,500 - $3,500

              Peter Voulkos (American, 1924-2002), Untitled, 1973, glazed stonewear sculpture, signed and dated beneath, overall: 5"h x 7"w x 7.5"w. Provenance: Private collection of composer and art dealer Robert Aichele; gifted by the artist to Aichele

              Clars Auctions
            • Peter Voulkos vase
              Mar. 10, 2024

              Peter Voulkos vase

              Est: $3,500 - $4,500

              Peter Voulkos vase San Francisco, CA stoneware   signed 11.5"h x 10"w

              Treadway Gallery
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
              Feb. 22, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)

              Est: $5,000 - $7,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) USA, 1973 glazed and incised gas-fired stoneware with porcelain pass-throughs 3.75 d x 18.5 dia in (10 x 47 cm) Glazed signature and date to underside 'Voulkos 73'. Provenance: Private Collection, California This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Stack)
              Feb. 22, 2024

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Stack)

              Est: $40,000 - $60,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Stack) USA, 1979 wood-fired stoneware with pass-throughs and slashes 47 h x 16 dia in (119 x 41 cm) Signed and dated to base 'Voulkos 79'. We would like to thank Sam Jornlin of Voulkos & Co. for her assistance in cataloguing this work. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist | Private Collection, Los Angeles | Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York | Important Private Collection, Florida Exhibited: Bella Pacifica: Bay Area Abstraction, 1946-1963: A Symphony In Four Parts, 21 January —12 March 2011, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York | Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, 27 January – 4 March 2017, Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles Literature: Bella Pacifica: Bay Area Abstraction, 1946-1963: A Symphony In Four Parts, Franklin Parrasch Gallery digital exhibition catalog, pg. 65 This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

              Rago Arts and Auction Center
            • Peter Voulkos Montana Studio Pottery Vase
              Jan. 27, 2024

              Peter Voulkos Montana Studio Pottery Vase

              Est: $2,000 - $3,000

              Very nice early vase. 8 1/2" tall, 4" diameter. Ex Bovey Estate Collection. Peter Voulkos (1924 - 2002) was active/lived in California. Peter Voulkos is known for Sculptor-ceramic, abstraction. Peter Voulkos 1924–2002. Few artists can revolutionize an ancient medium, but Peter Voulkos did just that when he brought ceramics into the realm of fine art starting in the late 1950s. Born in Bozeman, Montana in 1924, he studied painting and ceramics at Montana State University and later received his MFA from California College of the Arts in Oakland. While Voulkos began his career by creating utilitarian objects such as bowls and vases that won him wide renown, he began to contemplate abstraction and other fine art principles when he spent the summer of 1953 teaching at Black Mountain College, there he met Robert Rauschenberg, John Cage, and Josef Albers. From there, he visited New York, meeting many of the Abstract Expressionists. Voulkos returned to California to teach at Los Angeles County Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design) from 1954 to 1959 and it was in this period that his works really began to evolve. As the decade came to a close, Voulkos moved away from creating functional items, instead morphing vase-like structures into sculpture. He slashed the clay in certain instances and aggressively applied paint to the forms like canvas. No longer content to create works that hid their process of creation, Voulkos made the very act of creation paramount to the understanding and appreciation of his work, much like the Abstract Expressionists that he had associated with. Voulkos’ artistic output piqued the interest of Peter Selz, the Curator of the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1960, he invited Voulkos to exhibit six of his paintings alongside a number of his sculptures as part of the New Talent series, one man exhibitions that the museum had been offering since 1950 to artists who had not yet had solo exhibitions in New York. Voulkos used this opportunity to illustrate the connection between painting, the classic example of fine-art, and ceramics. After his show at MoMA, the artist spent the summers of 1960-1962, and 1964 in New York teaching and creating work at the famed Greenwich House Pottery and Columbia University. Peter Voulkos brought ceramics into the realm of fine art. He died in 2002, but his legacy is remembered in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

              Davis Brothers Auction
            • Peter Voulkos
              Jan. 10, 2024

              Peter Voulkos

              Est: $4,000 - $6,000

              American, 1924-2002 Untitled (Plate), 1979 Signed and dated Voulkos 79 on the underside Stoneware with porcelain Diameter 23 1/2 inches (59.7 cm)

              DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
            • PETER VOULKOS STYLE EARTHENWARE CHARGER
              Dec. 14, 2023

              PETER VOULKOS STYLE EARTHENWARE CHARGER

              Est: $50 - $1,000

              Brutalist ceramic charger in the manner of Peter Voulkos. Dimensions: H 5.5" x W 28.5" x D 28" Condition: Minor surface wear consistent with age and use.

              Westport Auction
            • PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) UNTITLED (STACK), 1981 37 ¼ x 19 ½ x 20 in.
              Dec. 07, 2023

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) UNTITLED (STACK), 1981 37 ¼ x 19 ½ x 20 in.

              Est: $20,000 - $30,000

              PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) UNTITLED (STACK), 1981 37 ¼ x 19 ½ x 20 in. (94.6 x 49.5 x 50.8 cm)

              Christie's
            • Peter Voulkos , "Alegria," 2000
              Nov. 21, 2023

              Peter Voulkos , "Alegria," 2000

              Est: $60,000 - $80,000

              Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) "Alegria," 2000 Cast bronze Signed and dated in the casting near the bottom: Voulkos

              John Moran Auctioneers
            • Robert Carston Arneson (1930-1992) Ceramic Sculpture
              Nov. 19, 2023

              Robert Carston Arneson (1930-1992) Ceramic Sculpture

              Est: $1,000 - $2,000

              Excellent condition. Signature etched into base. No chips, cracks or repairs. Approx. 7.25 in. H x 6.5 in. W x 6.5 in. D. Weight 1.15 lbs. Robert Carston Arneson was born on September 4, 1930, in Benicia, California. He graduated from Benicia High School and spent much of his early life as a cartoonist for a local paper. Arneson studied at California College of the Arts in Oakland, California, for his BFA degree and went on to receive an MFA from Mills College in Oakland, California, in 1958. At Mills College he studied under Antonio Prieto.During the start of the 1960s, Arneson and several other California artists began to abandon the traditional manufacture of functional ceramic objects and instead began to make nonfunctional sculptures that made confrontational statements. The new movement was dubbed Funk Art, and Arneson is considered the father of the ceramic Funk movement. Arneson's fame is far-reaching, and his works can be found in public and private collections around the world, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, Virginia), the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, DC), where his 1979 glazed ceramic "Elvis" bust is housed, since 1985, di Rosa (Napa, California), the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Kyoto, Japan), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Racine Art Museum (Racine, Wisconsin), the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City), the Birmingham Museum of Art, and the US Embassy in Yerevan, Armenia. His creations are also at the Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables, Florida. The Nelson Gallery at UC Davis, where Arneson was a faculty member, owns 70 of the artist's works, including The Palace at 10am. The 70 sq. ft. earthenware sculpture, a depiction of his former Davis residence, is considered among his most famous sculptures. Several of his etchings and lithographs also are on display in the library. -Excerpted from wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Arneson

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            • Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) Ceramic Sculpture, 1955 Blue Glaze Vase
              Nov. 19, 2023

              Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) Ceramic Sculpture, 1955 Blue Glaze Vase

              Est: $2,000 - $3,000

              Signed and dated. Excellent condition. No chips, cracks or repairs. Approx. 11 in. H x 7 in. W x 7 in. D. Weight 3.25 lbs. After serving in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946, Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) entered Montana State College, earning a B.S. degree in 1951 and, the following year, an M.F.A. degree at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. Returning to Montana in 1952, he established a pottery workshop in Helena. In 1953 while teaching a three-week summer course at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, Voulkos met innovative figures in the arts such as Josef Albers, Robert Rauschenberg, and John Cage, which significantly influenced the direction of his work. In 1954 Voulkos became chairman of the new ceramics department at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. His pottery shop soon became the mecca for artists in the area, launching the Los Angeles clay movement, with Voulkos as its leader. Despite the accolades for his work, Voulkos began to feel constrained by the traditional forms of pottery. His Black Mountain connections led to his meeting Franz Kline and other abstract expressionist artists in New York. Absorbing their ideas, he sought to use clay as an expressive, sculptural medium and began to execute many works on a monumental scale. In 1959 Voulkos became professor of design and sculpture at the University of California at Berkeley. Kenneth R. Trapp and Howard RisattiSkilled Work: American Craft in the Renwick Gallery(Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art with the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1998) -https://americanart.si.edu/artist/peter-voulkos-5183

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            • (ATTRIB) PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) CHARGER
              Nov. 19, 2023

              (ATTRIB) PETER VOULKOS (1924-2002) CHARGER

              Est: $2,000 - $4,000

              Untitled incised anagama fired stoneware w. 21-1/2 d. 5 in. no apparent signature

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            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
              Nov. 09, 2023

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)

              Est: $10,000 - $15,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) USA, 1981 anagama-fired stoneware 5.25 d x 20.5 dia in (13 x 52 cm) The present work was fired in Peter Callas's Piermont, New York anagama. Glazed signature and date to verso 'Voulkos 81'. Provenance: The Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO Literature: Peter Voulkos Retrospective, Sezon Museum of Art, ppg. 98-101 This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
              Nov. 09, 2023

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)

              Est: $8,000 - $12,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) USA, 1980 glazed and incised gas-fired stoneware with porcelain pass-throughs 4.25 d x 22 dia in (11 x 56 cm) Glazed signature and date to verso 'Voulkos 1980'. Literature: Peter Voulkos Retrospective, Sezon Museum of Art, ppg. 98-101 This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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            • Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)
              Nov. 09, 2023

              Peter Voulkos, Untitled (Plate)

              Est: $8,000 - $12,000

              Peter Voulkos Untitled (Plate) USA, 1980 glazed and incised gas-fired stoneware with porcelain pass-throughs 4.5 d x 21.5 dia in (11 x 55 cm) Glazed signature and date to verso 'Voulkos 80'. Literature: Peter Voulkos Retrospective, Sezon Museum of Art, ppg. 98-101 This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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